FIFTY years after his death, Sekarmadji Maridjan Kartosoewirjo continues to inspire groups who dream of an ‘Islamic State’ in this country—both by peaceful and violent means. Ironically, the Kartosoewirjo family was classified as gentry, feudal and not a strict follower of Islam. His youth was not spent in religious education but in colonial Dutch schools. Not surprisingly, historians judge Kartsoewirjo’s motives in establishing an Islamic State as the result of deep disappointment in the Renville Agreement.

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